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I don’t see an edit button on my message app to recover deleted messages

I am trying to recover messages on my iPhone. The instructions from Apple are to go to messages age and clock on “edit”. I don’t see that on messages when I open it.

iPhone 13

Posted on Apr 22, 2023 6:35 PM

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Apr 22, 2023 6:43 PM in response to pitypat

pitypat Said:

"I don’t see an edit button on my message app to recover deleted messages: I am trying to recover messages on my iPhone. The instructions from Apple are to go to messages age and clock on 'edit'. I don’t see that on messages when I open it."

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Recovering Deleted Messages:


Recovering Deleted Messages:

What to Consider:

A. Restore from Today's Backup:

Restore your iPhone from a backup of it that contains these messages, and you could recover them.


B. Check Messages App:

If messages was enabled on your iPhone along with your Apple computer, then check and see if the Messages app is enabled on your Mac to see if it exists in it. You'd start up your Mac, not connecting to the Internet, and open the Massages app. Then proceed from there with retrieving it. Important: Be certain you do not connect to the Internet while booting up, as syncing would delete it. So, power off your router to avoid the connection.


C.  Check your Carrier’s Site:

Log in to your Carrier’s site, seeing if you can view a history there. Doing so, myself, I can see a call log going back 90 days —but not a text messages log.

I don’t see an edit button on my message app to recover deleted messages

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